July 13, 2009

Cat lovers, help!

To all you cat (and generally pet) lovers, please send me some moral support. I am mentally exhausted and my head is a mess. I know it'll be better after a good (????) night's sleep, but at this very moment, I feel a big whirlwind in my head.
It's late and I am very tired, so I'll make the story short.
We drove north of Oslo to something somewhere [...]. We decided to return using a longer road east to the border with Sweden and back home, so I could see the nature there. Then we decided to cross the border to see what it looks like in Sweden in this very part where we where (total boonies). Beautiful nature. Small villages (actually a fragment of the size of what one would call a village), we had waffles with coffee, just wonderful. Just houses and farms deep in the forests and fields. We were about to cross the border from Sweden back to Norway and we stop because I wanted to make a picture of the double border sign (see below). Mistake, big mistake. When we stopped, we went out of the car to see the weird structures you can see on the photos. It's an association who makes a point to mark the way (a group of? - need to read more about it) Norwegians escaped from Oslo through the wild woods all the way into Sweden. And then it happened.
Two little cats went out of the woods, so very friendly to us, making small sounds, climbing out jeans, rolling in the grass, playing. Weird place, me things. {..shortcut..}
H. starts the car and I start talking about rescuing them. {..shortcut..}
H. argues we can't do that, they must belong to someone, what would I say if etc. etc. {..shortcut..}
We try to find ANY house around. No house. Just woods.
We return. Cats still there.
We drive again home. H. pi----d off, me almost hysterical. I make him stop at the only cabin near the lake we can see. We climb over the chain barring the road, down to the cabin. No people and to me it is sure they haven't been there this summer {..shortcut..}
So the cats aren't from there. Most probably, someone dumped the cats there so they either survive or someone finds them. I really don't know what was in the heads of these people. I don't want to find out. And I don't want to meet them.
We drive back again to the cats.
Some Polish (funny!) bikers had stopped there and said some Swedish car had stopped also a moment before, so weird it looked, these small tiny cats in the wilderness.
It starts raining *heavily*. Before we make the few steps between the car and the cats, we are soaked. The kittens are half-hidden in a bush, scared, crying.... My heart cries out loud too, we grab the kittens,place them on my knees and drive.
Now, the next 2 hours home were a nightmare. Not because of the cats. They slept, purred, climbed on me, licked me, they are the most wonderful little creatures I've ever seen. And obviously very dependent on each other.
But H. is super angry. He won't keep the cats. And I will return to Poland in September with my cat and my dog. He doesn't want the responsability. He has noone to take care of them when he travels for work. On both sides of the house, his uncle and mother hate cats. He works long hours. Etc. etc.
And then the major argument, he doesn't want a zoo at home. Three cats and a dog is a little much.
He is very angry at me because I try to convince him to keep them and find all the answers about how possible that is {..shortcut..}
We're home since 2 hours. No problem between the kittens and Happy the dog. They raise all hair but nothing happens. They even ate from the same bowl. No problem, I think.
Now, Toska. My devil cat Toska, who absolutely hates all other cats. Doesn't tolerate them. Chases them. Scares the ---- out of them. Makes a hell on Earth to them. Well, amazing, amazing surprise. She smelled one and backed off. She keeps a distance. Is unhappy, it seems, but no agressivity on her side. Well, I had checked they are both males, that's why I allowed myself to take them at all. Not sure how it would be, but it is not a real problem this evening.
Well, it's H. or the cats. That's the way it is now. He wants to find them a *good* home, I don't want that. Also, they need to stay together.
Please send some good vibes tonight. Till tomorrow for a new report.
But, aren't they crazy cute????
Also, anyone experienced with cats, how old can they be? My aunt said 2-3 months. What do YOU say?